(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
auldfarrantlike
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backfold
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
beckford
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
blackfigured
blackford
bondfolk
bookfold
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
brookfield
buckfield
clarkfield
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
crockford
crookfingered
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
defalk
defalk
verb
(archaic) To reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
(obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).
defrock
defrock
verb
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(literally) To divest of a frock.
defrocked
defrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defrock
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
dezinkify
diefenbaker
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
dislikeful
dislikeful
adj
(obsolete) Unpleasant; disagreeable.
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
draffsack
drakefly
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
drinkproof
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duckwife
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
fabrikoid
fadlike
fadlike
Adjective
Having characteristics of a fad.
faked
faked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fake
falkland
falkland
Proper noun
the
a village and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
faulkland
feaked
feaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feak (alternative form of feagued).
fedak
fedirko
feedback
feedback
noun
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
verb
(music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
(transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
(transitive) To provide informational feedback to.
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
feedstock
feedstock
noun
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
ferntickled
fetlocked
fetlocked
adj
(in combination) Having fetlocks (of a specified kind).
Tied by the fetlock.
ficklehearted
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
fiddlestick
fiddlestick
intj
Dated form of fiddlesticks.
noun
A bow used to play the fiddle.
One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
fiddlesticks
fiddlesticks
intj
(euphemistic) Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
(euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
noun
plural of fiddlestick
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
fiendlike
fiendlike
adj
Resembling a fiend.
fiked
fiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fike
finchbacked
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
finked
finked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fink
firedrake
firedrake
noun
(figurative, poetic) A worker at a furnace or fire
A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
A fire-breathing dragon.
A kind of firework
firked
firked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firk
fiskdale
flacked
flacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flack
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
flaked
flaked
adj
(of a person) unreliable or impractical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flake
flanderkin
flankard
flanked
flanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flank
flapdock
flatterdock
fleadock
flecked
flecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fleck
fleckered
fleckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flecker
fleckled
flicked
flicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flick
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
flisked
flisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flisk
flockbed
flocked
flocked
adj
(of Christmas trees) Covered with artificial snow.
(of bristles) Having split, bushy ends.
(of swabs) Having dense fibers with a desirable nap to optimize collection and elution of specimens.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flock
floodcock
floodlike
floodlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flood.
floodmark
floodmark
noun
A mark indicating the height reached by the waters in a previous flood.
fluked
fluked
adj
Having flukes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluke
flunked
flunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flunk
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
foldskirt
folkland
folkland
noun
(law, historical, UK) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
fondak
fondlike
fondouk
fondouk
noun
Alternative spelling of fonduk
fonduk
fonduk
noun
A North African or Arabian inn or hotel.
forebackwardly
forechecked
forechecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forecheck
foredeck
foredeck
noun
The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast